Comments on: The UK is now taking Armour away from patients!!

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:00:35 +0000

This is very serious. Read Codex Alimentarius. The new approved vitamin (Appendix II)list is coming into force in the UK December 31st. Read Agenda 21.
I am in the UK our NHS is a closed shop nothing can be questioned. My GP is a very sad man he cannot heal his patients. I have 20 Armour tablets left — then what? I cannot even be diagnosed as hypothyroid as our range is so wide. Left to live a life on the sofa in fog.…
US do not alow Codex to take away your civil liberties.You do not want the NHS. Don’t let the posturing on Iran divert your attention…

By: JEANNE

JEANNE — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:03:30 +0000

IT IS ALSO HAPPENING IN THE USA. PHARMACIES HAVE BACK ORDER OF AMOUR THYROID BUT CAN NOT GET IT. COULD IT BE BECAUSE FORREST PHARMACEUTICALS IS MAKING THYROLAR?

(from Janie: Thyrolar is on backorder, too. What’s going on is more related to demand being greater than supply).

By: Anika

Anika — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:18:21 +0000

YOU DO NOT WANT SOCIAL HEALTH CARE IN THE US! IT IS A NIGHTMARE!!!The whole the grass is greener thing..NO. You do NOT want it. Trust those of us who are living in it.
These people are criminals, and we should revolt.
It is SHOCKING that a doctor would change what is working when someone has no symptoms to conform to TSH lab tests. Whatever happened to the hippocratic oath, to harm no person??????

By: Diana Glasford

Diana Glasford — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:48:25 +0000

I live in Texas, USA: My thyroid was removed due to cancer twelve years ago. Until I switched to Armour about 4 years ago– I could never get adjusted– lost months of my life every year. Now, I have a hard time getting my prescription. I had to change to seven 30mg tablets daily and now my concern is that we are going socialist and I will not be able to get the Armour at all. I had heart attack symptoms on the Synthroid when it was high enough to keep me from brain fog, muscle pain, and depression. If I knew what I do now, I would have kept half my thyroid.

By: Cathy Poland

Cathy Poland — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:57:30 +0000

I'm extremely sorry to hear about the ban in UK. This is a disaster. I live in Montreal, Canada. I was put on Synthroid about 7 years ago when my TSH was 5.3. Later, after little benefit a friend advised me to take dessicated thyroid. My husband is a GP and was amazed at the benefits from Thyroid Hormone (as it's called in Canada). He's continued to prescribe it to me now for about seven years. Last night I attended a talk in Montreal by Dr. Mark Starr from USA who treats patients with dessicated thyroid, iodine, etc. He's re-done his book adding info on iodine and has suggested I start taking iodine to make the dessicated work better. His book's called Hypothyroidism Type 2. There were people in the audience asking how to find a doctor who will prescribe Thyroid Hormone. Only one naturopath was named in Montreal. I've been hoping to find support from a knowledgeble doctor for years. Unfortunately it seems one has to do one's own research. Dr. Peatfield, in UK also has an book called, 'Your Thyroid and how to keep it healthy'. He says we must learn as much if not more about this than doctors and treat ourselves. May sanity prevail!

By: joanne schwab

joanne schwab — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:58:48 +0000

I didn’t see on your site the situation that happened with Eltroxin in New Zealand (and now 150 pages on Mary Shomon site http://www.thyroid.about.com I found it as I was having same symptoms it turns out they changed the formula of Eltroxin moving it from Canada (where I am) to Germany (I think mayb they are now manufacturing in China) we all got deathly sick!!!!!… Could you not show all that evidence to the Gov’t and say you want to ban something ban Eltroxin Not Armour! In Canada they say anything over 5 is hypo..but the U.S. (where I’m from) the endro assoc has lowered it to anything over 3… But still many doctors don’t even know that or care..Just found your web site, just spent 2 hours reading. I was borderline years ago and I had to fight to have the doctors treat me…Synthroid worked good for a few years then I started falling apart, like you say with the adrenal and taking it and having the same symptoms actually worse!…after seeing the Eltroxin scandel, I just stopped, I went on althernative health supplements, vitamins (lots of exercise) and I feel better then I have in years, I was always on synthroid then I found out synthroid was made in porto rico and wanted one made in Canada, so I switched (not feeling food on synthroid anyway) I switched to Eltroxin then I became even worse. I hope you can fight this plan of the Gov’t to ruin so many lives…There is power in numbers eh!
Thanks for your excellent site. It’s refreshing to hear you speaking so directly and saying about the medical all the things most of us feel. JoAnne, Toronto, Canada

By: Dawn Wood

Dawn Wood — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:33:25 +0000

a number of people have reported having their armour prescription filled by their dr this week, so far no one else has said they have been refused it

By: Dawn Wood

Dawn Wood — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:26:16 +0000

a number of people have reported having their armour prescripition filled by their dr this week, so far no one else has said they have been refused it

By: Chance

Chance — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:03:52 +0000

I have recently been diagnosed with hashimotos and have been doing extensive reading on the drugs and treatment of the disease.

I just found information today a synthetic pill called Thyrolar that may be of interest to the UK people that no longer have access to the natural drug Armour. I found the name of this pill from a positive posting saying that it was helpful to the person vs. just Synthroid on http://caloriecount.about.com/anybody-know-anything-cytomel-ft34386. I have not used this drug or know anyone who has, but thought it may be helpful, as it has synthetic T4 AND T3 in a single pill.

http://www.thyrolar.com/

I’m still working on finding a doctor that will prescribe Armour here in the states so I may try the natural drug instead of just Synthroid — to see if it’ll help my horrendously worsening memory — don’t be suprised if I post this again later, LOL . Good luck to everyone!

By: Dominica

Dominica — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:23:36 +0000

Has anyone started a petition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/? It is for UK citizens and permanent residents.